FILE- In this Oct. 2, 2014 file photo, former Tennessee governor Phil Bredesen speaks during a meeting, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Bredesen's campaign for U.S. Senate has told the FBI that it fears it has been hacked by someone who tried to trick it into wiring money. In a letter dated Thursday, March 8, 2018, and obtained by The Associated Press, campaign lawyer Robert E. Cooper Jr. says someone pretending to be the campaign's media buyer asked for money to be wired to an international account. (Doug Strickland /Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File) less

FILE- In this Oct. 2, 2014 file photo, former Tennessee governor Phil Bredesen speaks during a meeting, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Bredesen's campaign for U.S. Senate has told the FBI that it fears it has been ... more

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FILE - In a Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 file photo, former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen speaks at a ceremony in Chattanooga, Tenn. In a letter dated Thursday, March 8, 2018, Bredesen’s campaign for U.S. Senate has told the FBI that it fears it has been hacked by someone who tried to trick it into wiring money. Bredesen is running for the open seat in Tennessee vacated by Sen. Bob Corker. less

FILE - In a Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 file photo, former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen speaks at a ceremony in Chattanooga, Tenn. In a letter dated Thursday, March 8, 2018, Bredesen’s campaign for U.S. Senate ... more

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Cyberattack worries: Tennessee campaign fears it was hacked

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Senate campaign of former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen has told the FBI it fears it has been hacked by someone who tried to scam it into wiring money.

In the letter dated Thursday and obtained by The Associated Press, campaign lawyer Robert E. Cooper Jr. says someone pretending to be the campaign's media buyer asked for money to be wired to an international account.

The report comes amid growing concern that candidates in the 2018 election could be targets of cyberattacks.

Bredesen, a Democrat, is running for the open seat in Tennessee vacated by Republican Sen. Bob Corker.